Cinema of the Present

By Lisa Robertson

What if the cinema of the present were a Möbius strip of language, a montage of statements and questions sutured together and gradually accumulating colour? Would the seams afford a new sensibility around the pronoun ‘you’? Would the precise words of philosophy, fashion, books, architecture and history animate a new vision, gestural and oblique? Is the kinetic pronoun cinema?

These and other questions are answered in the new long poem fromacclaimed poet and essayist Lisa Robertson. The book is available with four different back covers, designed by artists Hadley + Maxwell.

Praise for Lisa Robertson:

'Robertson proves hard to explain but easy to enjoy. . . . Dauntlessly and resourcefully intellectual, Robertson can also be playful or blunt. . . . She wields languageexpertly, even beautifully.'

—The New York Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Release date: Sep 9, 2014
• ISBN: 9781770563902

Lisa Robertson

Lisa Robertson's book Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip was named one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010. Her other books include Debbie: An Epic, The Men, The Weather, and Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture, Nilling and R's Boat. Born in Toronto, she lived in Vancouver for many years, and has held residencies and visiting positions at Cambridge University, Princeton University, UC Berkeley, American University of Paris and the California College of the Arts. She now lives in France, and works as a tutor at Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, and as a freelance art writer.

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